I dont care about warmup but then I'm a sprinter (yes, I am)
You don't have to convince anyone here what you truly are. The fear of tapering, the addiction to short rest sets, actually capable of swimming a 200... yep definitely a sprinter.
I was toldby germans and italians, they learn breaststroke first then free.
I think monica coro was an ex national team
I am in bed by 11. Could not have swam that late
Maybe it's time to remove individual registration and require each country to submit times. For each NT the country would have to show an official result proving the time was met in the past two years or pay a fine?
I guess the question is: how many swimmers is too many? I'm sure for the meet hosts it's the more the merrier. They must be rakin' in the dough! And it's a good thing for the meet to make money to ensure the event continues and there's continued interest in hosting the meet.
I have mixed feelings about the whole NT thing.My wife had a sore shoulder before Stanford and had a NT. I was upset that it was like she didn't swim.We had a woman in the 80-84 age group who I think finished 3rd and got NT.
ON the other hand if you have QTs and many swimmers are getting NTs in a huge meet maybe something needs to change.
USMS needs to find out what Italy is doing though ,since this much local participation is amazing.
I have mixed feelings about the whole NT thing.My wife had a sore shoulder before Stanford and had a NT. I was upset that it was like she didn't swim.We had a woman in the 80-84 age group who I think finished 3rd and got NT.
Yes, that does sort of suck. Perhaps a better way to do it would be to still list the times for all swimmers who finished legally, but put an "X" for their placement.
USMS needs to find out what Italy is doing though ,since this much local participation is amazing.
Agreed! Hopefully Mr. Butcher is taking notes over there! I have a feeling one difference is the party atmosphere the Italians enjoy. The Italians really know how to swim AND have a good time. All that vacation time doesn't hurt, either. Can you imagine how many more American would make it to Nationals if we all had at least four weeks of paid vacation per year?
I have a feeling one difference is the party atmosphere the Italians enjoy. The Italians really know how to swim AND have a good time. All that vacation time doesn't hurt, either.
Nothing like a big party to take your mind off your country's/continent's financial problems, if only for a little while... :D
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I was toldby germans and italians, they learn breaststroke first then free.
Interesting. The kick is so unnatural, but the arms and lifting your head up to breathe is pretty easy (compared to side to side in free).
